Hi Robert, > is there a way to have that sync take place immediately > using "ntpd", rather than waiting for the next sync operation, to > more closely emulate the behaviour of ntpdate? > > or am i misreading the man page? The man page also mentions the option iburst that needs to be specified for this to work. Never tested this, as my firewall is not that mobile :) . If that doesn't work you could try setting minpoll to a very low number. Bye, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research